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David and Solomon : in search of the Bible's sacred kings and the roots of the Western tradition / Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0743243625
  • 9780743243629
  • 0743243633
  • 9780743243636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222/.067 22
LOC classification:
  • BS 580 .D3 F56 2006
Other classification:
  • 11.33
Contents:
Part I. Recovering history. Tales of the bandit--The madness of Saul--Murder, lust, and betrayal. Part II. The evolution of a legend. Temple and dynasty--Solomon's wisdom?--Challenging Goliath. Part III. How the legend shaped history. Patron saints of the temple--Messianic visions. Epilogue : symbols of authority.
Summary: Discoveries of biblical archaeology have shed powerful light on the characters in the Bible. Here, archaeologists Finkelstein and Silberman focus on the first two great kings of the Bible as a lens through which we can see the evolution of the entire era. The Bible's verses on David and his son were written in stages, over many hundreds of years, by authors living in very different circumstances. The earliest folklore about David depicts a bandit leader, leading a small gang of traveling raiders. In later periods, authors added images of a poet, the founder of a great dynasty, a political in-fighter, and a sinner. A similar evolution of Solomon from the builder of the Temple, to expander of his empire, to wise sage, to rich trader similarly reflects successive stages of history. Ultimately, David and Solomon came to embody a tradition of divinely inspired kings.--From publisher description.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 580 .D3 F56 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132057

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-323) and index.

Part I. Recovering history. Tales of the bandit--The madness of Saul--Murder, lust, and betrayal. Part II. The evolution of a legend. Temple and dynasty--Solomon's wisdom?--Challenging Goliath. Part III. How the legend shaped history. Patron saints of the temple--Messianic visions. Epilogue : symbols of authority.

Discoveries of biblical archaeology have shed powerful light on the characters in the Bible. Here, archaeologists Finkelstein and Silberman focus on the first two great kings of the Bible as a lens through which we can see the evolution of the entire era. The Bible's verses on David and his son were written in stages, over many hundreds of years, by authors living in very different circumstances. The earliest folklore about David depicts a bandit leader, leading a small gang of traveling raiders. In later periods, authors added images of a poet, the founder of a great dynasty, a political in-fighter, and a sinner. A similar evolution of Solomon from the builder of the Temple, to expander of his empire, to wise sage, to rich trader similarly reflects successive stages of history. Ultimately, David and Solomon came to embody a tradition of divinely inspired kings.--From publisher description.

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